Consider the UCLA Bruins on Jan. 1, 2012. One day earlier, they had lost to Illinois, 20-14, in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Before that, they had been blown out by Oregon in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game 49-31. That was on the heels of a 50...

In ESPN The Magazine's Bay Area Issue, Brock Huard writes that after several failed hires (Bob Toledo, Karl Dorrell and Rick Neuheisel), UCLA finally has the right man to take back L.A. in head coach Jim Mora.

In case you were busy bounding home incredibly after being left in the woods by your family, here's what you missed in sports last weekend: The Blackhawks are one game away from a Stanley Cup championship after Patrick Kane scored two goals in...

Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News has been a busy bee this week, yet we somehow missed his update on the Pac-12's progress with its new bowl game negotiations, which included Wilner projecting a potential future lineup. It's an interesting a...

We're looking at some of the top individual performances in the Pac-12 in 2012. Up next: Kelly sinks Navy Who and against whom: Arizona State quarterback Taylor Kelly put on a clinic in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, leading the Sun Devils to a 6...

Arizona State dominated Navy from the opening moments, winning 62-28 as the Pac-12 improved to 2-2 this bowl season. It was over when: The game was over quickly -- 21-zip in the first quarter -- as the Sun Devils were dominant on both sides of the...

Here are three keys for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Play smart: Navy won't be able to just line up and beat Arizona State. It's going to need to outsmart, outflank and flat trick the Sun Devils. And it's going to need the Sun Devils to get flust...

Navy (8-4) versus Arizona State (7-5, 5-4 Pac-12) WHO TO WATCH: Navy's freshman quarterback Keenan Reynolds helped transform the Midshipmen's season, leading them to seven wins in their final eight games. He's the triggerman in the triple-option a...

Kevin and Ted both were wrong -- again, and very much so this time -- about the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl after picking UCLA to beat Baylor, so they both fell to 67-27 on the season. There are two games on Saturday. Arizona State plays Na...